One on One - Jimmy Wales - 03 Oct 08 - Part 2

In this episode of One on One, meet Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia.


Wales started by thinking out of the box and, within a few years, he had created the biggest encyclopaedia project in the world. But, perhaps more importantly, he brought together a huge online community and has proven to be one of the most prominent innovators on the internet.

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[thekohser]

I believed very little of this video, especially the "aww shucks, am I famous?" stuff.  I once had a telephone conversation with Jimmy Wales, where he said to me, "Greg, be quiet for a minute and you might learn something." Sigh...

[Dannyisme3]

Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy, are you kidding me? Serious question--do you really believe the shit you say? Oh, and are you really as close to all the same people you used to be close with? Play some ball with your boy? Wow.

[covertcovenant]

That's absolutely right, travel does help to have a global vision instead of a nationalist one, because the world is shrinking and we have to learn to respect, tolerate and understand our neighbors! I think you are also right about those local cable news, they are absolutely corrupted by their corporate owners, there is no REAL journalism!!! NONE WHATSOEVER!

[andybowe]

this is the power of International TV BBC World news Aljazeera English, Cnn International 24/7 Eurpeans Africans Australlians, and Asians travel way more then Americans, and these channels help people to become more tolorent of different people and there cultires and belieifs, I say the FCC Should shut down American Cable news networks, and force these International channels that the rest of the world seese but not people in USA its crazy and bad and dangerious.

[covertcovenant]

Like Jimmy said, a valuable lesson to be learned, people are the same everywhere...so respect one another, there is nobody above the other...I wish Americans would start traveling, and with that I do not just mean the people making 100+ a year! Have some drive to see new things people...